It was win or go home for the Kentwood fastpitch team Thursday afternoon against Thomas Jefferson.
The Conquerors stayed calm and got the 3-2 win to earn the fifth spot from the South Puget Sound League 4A North Division into the league playoffs thanks in large part to strong pitching and tough defense.
A group of 10 solved a challenging puzzle for the Tahoma School District and the answer is pink.
As in the pink option of five proposals to adjust elementary school boundaries in the district which will be effective this fall.
Covington is revisiting the city’s panhandling ordinance, following complaints from residents about an apparent increase in panhandling in the downtown core.
The measure was passed in December 2008, according to city spokeswoman Karla Slate.
Tahoma needed an extra inning to win its final game of the regular season 10-8 over Thomas Jefferson. Heading into…
Wind whipped pony tails and fly balls around during a high scoring affair between Kentlake and Thomas Jefferson on Monday…
Everything was against the Kentwood Astronomical Society’s efforts to launch a rocket on April 2.
The club’s advisor, math teacher Summer Cambridge, said they had planned to launch at Pacific Raceways in order to qualify for Team Americas Rocketry Challenge May 15 in Virginia.
Tahoma picked up wins over Federal Way on Wednesday and Kentwood on Thursday. The Bears take on Kent-Meridian on Friday and wrap up the season at Thomas Jefferson on Tuesday. Kentwood plays Auburn Friday and hosts Kentridge on Tuesday.
Facebook can seem harmless enough for people new to the social networking site.
Something Jason and Kelli Krafsky discovered is there are pitfalls to using Facebook particularly for married couples.
The couple who moved to Maple Valley seven years ago came across a situation a little more than a year ago that got them thinking. In fact, it eventually led them to write a book that was released in early April called “Facebook and Your Marriage.”
A pair of public safety related measures that affect Kent, Covington and Maple Valley were passing Tuesday night.
Kentlake kept up its winning streak on the fastpitch diamond late last week while Tahoma bounced back from its loss on Tuesday.
Since the loss to the Bears on March 24, the Falcons have won 10 straight, including an 11-1 pounding of Federal Way on April 22 and a 12-7 rain-shortened victory over Kentwood on April 23.
Tricia Grove-Johnson told her sister to go find a cure for cancer.
So, in 2002, Elizabeth Lanning took the suggestion literally and came up with a fundraiser called Dance for a Cure that is now in its eighth year with the event slated for 7 p.m., May 1 at the Bagley Wright Theater in Seattle.
While HSPE and MSP don’t quite roll off the tongue the way WASL used to, the state’s new standardized test does have its advantages, officials from the Kent and Tahoma school districts said.
The High School Proficiency Exam, also known as the HSPE, is the new test students must pass in order to graduate from high school. Local teens wrapped up testing last week.
Nikole Weber described her Kentlake fastpitch team as “blood thirsty” heading into Tuesday night’s re-match with Tahoma.
“Just mentally we’ve been really looking forward to the game,” Weber, a senior co-captain who is the ace for Kentlake in the circle.
“That last loss was tough. We really wanted to take first place.”
Shuffling students around isn’t the best solution for overcrowded classrooms at Lake Wilderness or Glacier Park elementary schools, but short of building a new school, it’s the best Tahoma School District officials said they can do right now.
A man was run over by a front end loader at a gravel mine near Maple Valley Monday morning.
Kentlake’s 5-3 win over Kentridge Friday night had a feeling of deja vu to it.
Covington has set up an informal forum for its residents to offer input on a variety of topics at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 28, in City Council Chambers at Covington City Hall.
The forum is a chance for citizens to talk to city staff and learn about topics that are of concern as the agenda is specifically tailored to current issues in Covington.
Anette Lusher has been an artist since she was a child and now her abstract acrylic on canvas paintings are on display at Covington City Hall.
Lusher, who now lives in Southeast King County, was born and raised in Germany where she earned a bachelor’s degree in art and photography in 1971.
Tahoma built on its lead in the South Puget Sound League North division with a pair of one-run wins over…
Tradition is starting to settle in with the annual “Hooked on Fishing” Opening Day Trout Derby, organized by the Greater Maple Valley/Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce, as the familiar activities of trying to catch the tagged fish and eating a fisherman’s breakfast, among others, will be featured.
